Casey Alexander lands 1st incoming basketball transfer with Kansas State Wildcats
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- Casey Alexander secures Brock Vice from Murray State as first transfer.
- Vice projects as a stretch big after 36.4% shooting from three.
- Wildcats begin roster rebuild after six players entered the portal.
Kansas State men’s basketball coach Casey Alexander has landed a familiar face in the transfer portal.
Brock Vice, a 6-foot-10 and 238-pound forward sophomore from Murray State, has committed to play for the Wildcats next season.
Vice averaged 2 points and 1.8 rebounds as a reserve with the Racers last season. Before that, he spent time at both North Texas and Creighton.
He quickly appeared on Alexander’s recruiting radar, because they have history together. Alexander offered Vice a scholarship to play at Belmont when he was a high school recruit in Memphis. Vice ended up signing with Creighton, but the two stayed in touch over the years.
Last season, they went against each other as conference rivals in the Missouri Valley. Now they will team up in Manhattan.
Vice, who has two years of college eligbility remaining, appears to be a project player for Alexander. He averaged just 5.3 minutes per game last season.
But he did knock down 36.4% of his shots from 3-point range. Alexander clearly thinks Vice has more potential than his previous college production indicates.
Vice is the first incoming transfer of the spring for K-State. The Wildcats lost six transfers to the portal over the past few weeks. They are now beginning to add to their roster ahead of Year 1 under Alexander.
More reinforcements could be on the way. Belmont transfer Brigham Rogers is scheduled to visit K-State this weekend after he averaged 7.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game for Alexander last season.
The Wildcats are also in pursuit of Drew Scharnowski, another Belmont transfer who averaged 10.7 points this past year.
K-State basketball transfer tracker
Outgoing transfers (6):
Abdi Bashir
David Castillo
PJ Haggerty
Taj Manning
Stephen Osei
Exavier Wilson
Departing seniors (4):
Marcus Johnson
Nate Johnson
CJ Jones
Khamari McGriff
Returning players (1):
Andrej Kostic
Incoming recruits (2):
Jaylen Alexander
Devin Hutcherson
Incoming transfers (1):
Brock Vice (Murray State)